Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-29 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:35:46 -0700 Kushal Koolwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For now should we just keep track of the EeePC? > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Status I can't answer the "big picture" questions you're asking. As for the Eee stuff, expect on d-d-a a new "Bits from the Debian E

RE: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-29 Thread Kushal Koolwal
> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:11:31 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Intel Atom Processor > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008, Kushal Koolwal wrote: >>> The Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) effort is one to provide a good desktop >>

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-27 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:29:48 +0200 Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > many thanks for your reply. Your web sites are indeed what I wanted to see, > possibly a bit too far away from John Doe who just bought such a machine > as a Newbie Linux user, Naturally. The site is made by and for t

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-27 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > The Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) effort is one to provide a good desktop > > experience on subnotebooks / UMPCs by using a different desktop > > representation of the same apps. > Hmm..I think the following text confused me from this website: > http://w

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-25 Thread Steffen Moeller
Dear Ben and dear Jose, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:09:57 +0200 > Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The EeePCs are sold throughout large resellers (Saturn, Staples, ...) in >> Germany and at least until the new ones get out they all ship with >> Debian - perfect

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-24 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:09:57 +0200 Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The EeePCs are sold throughout large resellers (Saturn, Staples, ...) in > Germany and at least until the new ones get out they all ship with > Debian - perfectly visible to every potential customer passing by. I have

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-24 Thread Jose Luis Rivas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steffen Moeller wrote: > Kushal Koolwal wrote: >>> I got your point, you mean we(group of debian) should make a blueprint for >>> some Device like Netbook / UMPC /> MIDs. >> Yes. Exactly! >> >>> what is your blueprint based debian like? >> At this po

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-24 Thread Steffen Moeller
Kushal Koolwal wrote: >> I got your point, you mean we(group of debian) should make a blueprint for >> some Device like Netbook / UMPC /> MIDs. > Yes. Exactly! > >> what is your blueprint based debian like? > At this point of time I am not sure what is going to look like. May be it > will help

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
Loïc Minier wrote: > Would it be wrong to ship different flavors of the Debian CDs based on > various upstream software? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-kde-CD-1.iso http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso --

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 22/07/08 at 17:58 +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Yeah, great idea! Let's start Debian subdistros for every specific use > > one can think of. This whole "universal operating system" idea is so > > old. What about gebian, kebian, xebian? > > Would it

RE: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Kushal Koolwal
sts.debian.org > Subject: Re: Intel Atom Processor > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008, Kushal Koolwal wrote: >>> The atom seem to be x86-compatible. so what is the issue that would stop >>> it from any i386-based Debian package? >> That's true. But it seems that these

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Yeah, great idea! Let's start Debian subdistros for every specific use > one can think of. This whole "universal operating system" idea is so > old. What about gebian, kebian, xebian? Would it be wrong to ship different flavors of the Debian CDs based

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Loïc Minier
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > > The atom seem to be x86-compatible. so what is the issue that would stop > > it from any i386-based Debian package? > That's true. But it seems that these processors are low power and are > made for Ultra mobile PC (UMPC) and netbooks and to take adva

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 03:03:27PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > I might be wrong but I thought the atom CPU would add 64bit > support. As such the Debian amd64 port should work as well. According to Wikipedia and the linked Intel sheets, only the desktop version has 64-bit support. Gabor

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Paul Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Kushal Koolwal > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And therefore I was thinking if Debian Project is planning to natively >> support these? > > I noticed this page being created on the wiki recently: > > http://wiki.debian.o

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 22/07/08 at 01:23 -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote: > >maybe we can start a project named mobian (mobile debian) ? > Yes this would be awesome. This will bring Debian up to the speed of likes of > Ubuntu. I would be happy to assist in this with whatever knowledge and skills > I have. Yeah, great i

RE: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Kushal Koolwal
ge and skills I have. Thanks for effort and initiative. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:30:37 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Intel Atom Processor Hmm. I got your point, you m

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Kushal Koolwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For example, Ubuntu started the netbook-remix program to port applications > for Intel Atom processors based on the Intel's moblin project > (http://www.moblin.org/). > https://edge.launchpad.net/netbook-remix None of

RE: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-21 Thread Kushal Koolwal
therefore I was wondering if Debian community is planning to have something like this. Thank you once again for your time. Kushal Koolwal I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/ > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:06:47 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Int

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Kushal Koolwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And therefore I was thinking if Debian Project is planning to natively > support these? I noticed this page being created on the wiki recently: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAcerOne Looks like at least one person plans